Join the MRV Libraries for a day of free, celebratory Juneteenth events for all ages on Saturday, June 15. The nation's newest federal holiday, Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day when the last group of enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, received the news that they were emancipated by executive decree.
The celebration kicks off with a special Storytime at the Moretown Memorial Library at 10:30 am. Designed for children ages 0-5 with their caregivers and siblings, the program will include Juneteenth-themed picture books and crafts.
For teens and adults, The Freedom Dreaming Creation workshop takes place at the Joslin Memorial Library park from 12:30-2:30pm. Inspired by the book Freedom Dreams, The Black Radical Imagination by Robin D.G. Kelley, the Freedom Dreaming Creation workshop provides space to explore our relationships to the idea of freedom. Through conversation, activity, and artistic creation, we imagine environments that can exist beyond our current realities. For freedom dreaming, all you need is love and your imagination. The workshop is led by Interdisciplinary Artivist, Educator, and Warren resident janet e. dandridge. The workshop is designed for ages 14-adult; however, families with children as young as 8 may participate together.
At 6:00 pm, the Warren Library will host a discussion of the book On Juneteenth by Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed. Part history and part memoir, On Juneteenth demonstrates the significance of the holiday to the author and to the nation in a slim 128 pages. Copies of the book are available to check out and read in advance.
We invite you to RSVP for any of these three special events here: https://forms.gle/ZC4SLgnkrvufVdX57
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